The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-12-30

= nGIIllonniro Whose Ercener1cliy Takes ,
Philnnshseptc 1sra.
by the common consent % bis neigh
bors, G. J. Hull. whose wealth q estimated
~ <j,000. 200. a the Quesrest of the many
queer characters In Chicago. says the
Philadelphia Times. There q no doubt
Mr.. Hull u queer, very queer; and what
makes him seem especially queer 20 Chr
cago people Il that, having made . com
Portable fortune himself. he should devote
his time and . portion Of his money to
making other people comfortable Mr..
Hu.ps hobby II that OF establishing labor
ing men IN houses Of their own He boasts
OF having put over two thousand families
Ia houses " their own in Chicago. nearly
as many In Lincoln, Nsb., about one thou
sand in Savannah, Ca, anil several hun-
dred In Baltimore, His method Il 90 buy
suburban property chcapiy. subdivide IL
into small lots. and build homes upon
Il for working men. He has taken many
: man without dollar, put him into bis
own home and given him all the time he
needed 20 pay for his comfortable resi-
dencs. Some Of Mr.. Hull's other queer
characteristics are not 30 benevolent ~
the one above mentioned He 10 . Con-
necticu. Yankee. and very close fxted
In his dealings outside Of his transactions
with the class he desires TO benefit He
went to Chicago forty-ons years ago. and
acquired his wealth by prudent invest
ments in city real estate. He married
and had several children, but subsequent
/ ~ lost his entire family. Ono Of bis hob
bies il an implicit belief In fish - = hrain
| food. II Is told Of him that for over four
| years he fed his family on Goldfish. having
| no other meats on the table. Perhaps
| this may account for the early death
4 Of all but himself. The hired girl lived,
however, aud grew 50 aristocratic on this
phosphorescent diet that she refused q
work any longer, and - Mr.. Hull did moi
propose matrimony, finally left him. He
always did the chores around the house
backing his own shoes and those Of
every body else, even to the servants. HI
owned and drove buggy team. and wheE
one Of the horses died, instead Of buyin;
another or using = pair Of shafts, ~
hitched up the surviving beast aiongsid'
the pole, making = very funny turnout
In person Mr. Hull il . man Of imposing
physique, six feet in height and patri
archial in appearances. He stiIl swing
heavy dumbbells and keeps himself in th
best possible physical condition. Lik
many N-Scnttt( HoSRfSs - - 1880 = - =
literary turn, and has compiled boo
chiefly composed Of terse epigrammafi
sentences from letters he has written dur
ing the last thirty-iive years, few Q
which are subjoined:
sLawyers have not Is much conscienc
q the ten commandments require Of Oh
followers Of tho moral law. They do no
! practice under that ancient code. an
perhaps regard il q repealed or unconst
, | tutioual.n
III circumstances will not allow DO
20 have . mother. the next best relativ
for him in the order Of nature Is CRANE
: mother.n
"The man who goes earliest to dinner I
| hotel has the best chance for goo
hat
: Many men think they think, but tho
who do think know if.v
I '.Small men arc always in fashion"
These quaint sayings show that il n
: Hull Is queer and cranky. there's methe
in his madness. His success in businc
also attests this fact, while his lary
! hearted benevoence leads 20 the concl
n sion that the world would Be much a
Z better - people possessing Mr.. Hull
I, peculiar type Of queerness were mo
plentiful.